Ohio families with children who receive free or reduced breakfasts and lunches should start receiving money this week.
The temporary program, called Pandemic-Electronic Benefit Transfer (P-EBT), gives the families of 507,000 students who receive the assistance the money as a credit that can be spent in grocery stores.
The money amounts to about $300 per student.
People who receive help with food from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) will have that money loaded directly to their P-EBT card.
If you don’t currently receive SNAP benefits, you’ll get your card in the mail.
The first cards were mailed out last week, and a second-round will go out by the end of this week.
More information here or call 866.244.0071.